Teenage binge drinking on the rise

· News: Teen alcohol-related casualty admissions up by 11%· Comment: Katharina Lobeck and Stuart Jefferies on mixed relationships and the changing complexion of Britain.· Feature: How one mother's adept use of Google helped save the sight of her child.

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Today's top story - Teen binge drinking increases

Thirteen teenagers are admitted to hospital every day due to binge drinking, a rise of 11% since the mid-1990s, show figures released today.

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FEATURES AND COMMENT

· Race in Britain: Mixed blessings

You are more likely in Britain to fall in love with someone of another race than anywhere else in the world. And yet last week a black teenager, out with his white girlfriend, was murdered. Katharina Lobeck and Stuart Jeffries examine the changing complexion of Britain.

· Health: How Googling saved my child

If it wasn't for my own research on Google, my daughter may well have gone blind, writes Louise Baxter.